7 Bible Verses about Speaking, Evil

For there are many rebellious men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision.

"Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to practice deceit." "The poison of asps is under their lips."

And the tongue is a fire, a world of evil among the members of the body. The tongue corrupts our whole person, sets the whole course of our life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you what I wish you to be, and you may not find me what you wish me to be; I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder.

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

For, "He who would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

Therefore, put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

And the tongue is a fire, a world of evil among the members of the body. The tongue corrupts our whole person, sets the whole course of our life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.

For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you what I wish you to be, and you may not find me what you wish me to be; I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder.

They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, depravity. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips,

If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is worthless.

For, "He who would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.